Join the discussions at Child in the City 2024
Interactive sessions and panel discussions will give you the chance to have your say at our forthcoming Child in the City Seminar 2024.
The city of Rotterdam is the setting for Keep on Moving, an important gathering of child professionals whose ideas are influencing how cities provide play and movement opportunities for children and young people.
We have already lined up an initial programme of keynote speakers, including experts in issues including child rights, urban geography and play architecture. They will share their work and ideas with an audience made up of like-minded experts.
Our speakers include:
- Gaurav Raheja, Professor of Architecture and Design, based at IIT Roorkee, India. He founded the Laboratory of Inclusive Design (LID) leading the domain of universal design and social sustainability through inclusive approaches
- Alison Stenning, Professor of Social Geography at Newcastle University. Alison is interested in issues of social, spatial and environmental justice in streets, neighbourhoods, and children’s play and mobility.
- Ursula Troncoso, architect and urban planner at AteliĂŞ Navio, an architecture and urbanism office focused on cities, childhood and education.
All of our subject presentations will be supported by a variety of ‘parallel’ sessions, where smaller groups can hear about subjects which are of specific importance to them.
These will focus on one of the three main topics: Inclusive Spaces and Initiatives for Play and Sports; Children’s Mobility; and Climate Change and Climate Justice.
It is becoming increasingly clear from global research that there has been, and continues to be, a significant decrease in children’s physical activity, including outdoor play. At the same time, we can see that the screen time of young people is only increasing.
A growing body of evidence show that a lack of physical activity has a significant impact on young people’s health, as illustrated by rising figures of obesity, decreased motor skills, mental problems, isolation, and loneliness. So how do we square this circle?
These negative trends call for leadership from (non)governmental organisations on different scale levels, and to increase children’s everyday physical activity, the collaboration of professionals from different disciplines is urgently needed. That’s why Keep on Moving promises to be such an important event, bringing together the great and the good from the child professionals and policy sectors.
You can join the debate by attending our seminar from December 3-4, and if you book your place before October 19 you will benefit from our special ‘early bird’ registration offer.
Interested? Please click here for more information.
We look forward to seeing you in Rotterdam.